Who is your favourite character in the Scarecrow’s Wedding?
Today Nightingales have been asking open questions. Some of the children became the main characters, Harry O'Hay and Reginald Rake, from our story, 'The Scarecrow's Wedding' and answered the questions. The children asked questions like: "Why are you so mean to Betty,...
Using time connectives to help us sequence
Article 1: Everyone, under 18, has the rights of the UN Convention Article 12: you have the right to an opinion and to be listened to. Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other...
Nelson Mandela Biographies in Year 5
This week Year 5 finished their class book Journey to Jo'burg, which was all about the apartheid laws in South Africa. After finishing the book, the children learnt a little bit more about the history behind the story in the book. They particularly focused on Nelson...
Pumpkin Themed Fun in Nursery!
Our activities this week have linked to pumpkins and we focused on the story of Five Little Pumpkins. The children chose five pumpkin pictures,cut them out and glued them onto a five frame. We also produced some fantastic number work in our maths area, using five...
Early Christmas Preparations in Nursery!
We have had another busy week in nursery! We designed some beautiful Christmas cards which can be made into actual Christmas cards if parents chose to, via the Cauliflower Cards company. During our phonics sessions this week we have enjoyed spending time in the hall...
Adventurous Adverbs!
Today Nightingales have been learning about adverbs. We started by reminding ourselves about verbs by doing our verb rap. Then, we took turns to act out our adverbs. Children took turns to walk angrily, anxiously, cheerfully, fearfully and grumpily. Can you match the...
Presenting the Facts (Skara Brae)
Skara Brae is an archaeological site in Orkney that shows the remains of a Neolithic village. It was probably inhabited between 3200 BC and 2200 BC. This term the children in UKS2 have carried out some in-depth research and below are just a few of the presentations...
Our Autumn Walk
Nightingales enjoyed a walk around the school grounds looking for signs of Autumn. On our way we thought of adjectives to describe our findings. Back at school we wrote a recount of our travels and we are fabulous at writing expanded noun phrases like 'amber, crunchy...
Looking Good at Windy Nook Salon!
This week, we have continued to focus on self portraits. We looked at our features in a mirror before using paint to produce our self portraits. After observing the children and discovering that some of them reenacted going to the hairdressers, we have turned our...
A Busy Week in Nursery!
We have continued to focus on our self portraits this week, completing our pencil self-portraits and commencing some paintings of ourselves. For the first time this half term, we put on our water proof clothing and ventured up to our 'top field'. We had a wonderful...
Spelling Information for KS1 Parents
Please read the attached document for supporting your child with their spelling. KS1 Spelling Parent Workshop pdf KS1 Spelling Parent Workshop For any further information contact your child's class teacher. Article 2: All children have rights. No child should be...
A Busy Time in Nursery!
A warm welcome to our new children and to our returning children. We are delighted at how well our new children have settled and how much progress they have made with adapting to nursery life and our routine. Over the last few weeks we have been focusing on drawing a...